AUSTIN — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said that state sales tax revenue in October was $2.03 billion, up 8.2 percent compared to October 2011.

“The state’s growth in sales tax revenue continued to be led by collections from the oil and natural gas-related sectors,” said Combs. “We also saw strong consumer spending drive gains in retail trade and the restaurant sector as well.”

Combs will send November local sales tax allocations totaling $611.5 million to cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts, up 5.4 percent compared to November 2011.

Local Sales Tax Allocations (November 2012)

Recipient

November 2012

Allocations

Change from

November 2011

Year-to-date

Change

Cities

$404.4M

↑4.1%

↑7.7%

Counties

$40.1M

↑12.9%

↑14.3%

Transit Systems

$136.0M

↑4.5%

↑9.5%

Special Purpose Taxing Districts

$31.0M

↑19.1%

↑22.8%

Total

$611.5M

↑5.4%

↑9.2%

The sales tax figures represent September sales reported by monthly tax filers and July, August and September sales reported by quarterly filers.